U.S.-backed, Kurdish-dominated SDF group in Syria on Feb 9 released a chilling video. The video released by SDF claimed to show a purported strike on a Turkish base near Manbij. The latest attack on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeastern Syrian city of ...

In 2019, after the defeat of Islamic State (IS) militants, about 40,000 IS family members were housed in this camp in the Kurdish-controlled region of north-eastern Syria. Most of the residents of ...

Many in the region are questioning the kind of settlement Turkey seeks in Syria with the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control significant territory in the northeast of ...

ISTANBUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday it had killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Syria and two in Iraq, a sign that Ankara has pressed on with its campaign against fighters ...

Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have long either been revered as divine messengers or feared as harbingers of doom. In ancient Egypt, a rearing ...

It rejects independence for Rojava, the Kurdish region in northeast Syria, in lieu of power-sharing between Damascus and Syria’s regions. The SDC does not seek a “zero-sum gain,” where its ...

Turkey Says Joint Fight Needed Against Kurdish Militants, Islamic State in the Region ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday after talks in Baghdad that a joint ...

Since Assad's toppling by an administration friendly towards Ankara, Syria's Kurdish factions have been on the back foot, and negotiators from the Syrian leadership, United States, Turkey ...

Turkish authorities this month detained six Kurdish journalists from cities across the country. All six are accused of being members of a “terrorist organization,” a common charge used in ...

Syria's new administration does not seek bloodshed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the country's Kurdish population, de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday.

The area is home to many ethnic and religious groups. The Kurdish community is large but is a minority in the region. The Kurds took lands, homes, businesses, and farms by force, while ethnically ...